Quote by solowindAhhh...I
don't think it does, some people have different reactions to TV....True it has the "mind controlling"
potency but depends on what u are watching, if you have other things to keep u company apart from TV then a TV is just a
object at home for entertainment.
ok, in a way what you said may be partially true, but when you're watching TV nothing matters anyways, not even the
people sitting and watching it with you, but it is not depending on what you are watching, reasons will be stated
below.
For example, when u go to theaters with your friends or so, it's just the same as going alone and it is useless,
the only difference would be what u're sharing the same popcorn? or u happen to speak about related things, which
is also not regarded as important. another would be some people who aren't so interested in watching television,
would have people around them speaking of things they may have totally no clue about, which caused a lot of people to go
back home and start watching, so it did affect them.
Another would be, at home, i am not interested in television, and yes it did cause some "family separation"
cause if my brother sat and watched TV with my parents and i didn't, they would just feel as though u don't
wanna join them and all, sorta like builds a wall in between, which is actually not a very good thing, i never really
find watching television to be amusing, the only time when i really watched it was during the summer vacation, as you
said, there was no computer to keep my company, except the fact that i even sometimes disagreed on going to certain
places because i wanted to watch the Tv show "Falcon Beach" XD
Quote by GearStalker05Only if people allow it to. But rather, it only
creates an illusion of what people should think, act, or do. What is popular, what is in/out, all of this is programmed
into our heads. And along with old human urges, any changes from what is considered to be the norm is met with ridicule
or worse. This isn't an attack on television, but on people who allow themselves to be manipulated by a screen of
red, green, and blue dots glowing at different levels.
ok, something you said i disagree with it, because, from the different researches i was reading i was literally noting
down a lot of different important points, and from what i rmbr, no one is considered immune to the effects, because
it's not happening physically, or mentally chosen, no, it's actually something psychological, and it's
not about a person with higher or lower intelligence that can actually chose to actually get addicted to watching TV or
not, as in "Hey I'm more intelligent, so who cares, my mind won't toy with me, i'm not an
idiot", no it's totally not about that, it's actually the product of our very human desire to alter our
state of consciousness and escape the hardships of reality."
to be honest with you, I won't say i wouldn't watch TV, cause that would be wrong, but i don't find it
amusing just like others to watch TV.
It is regarded as some sort of "fashion" to watch TV, i'm sure you heard of these TV shows watched by
most teens and adults "Desperate House Wives" i can actually assure you most women and teenage girls watch
this, especially it's popular in the west and for teens here too, another is "Prison Break" I can
literally say everyone i've known so far in school is crazy about this series, but i watch none of them.
I agree with you when u say, that it's about the people who allow themselves to be manipulated, because the person
has already made the choice to watch TV already ya. X-P
Quote by DarthTofuI believe
that it can brainwash people... but unless you're seriously addicted, I don't think it creates
isolation.
ok, you choose to say it that way, yes it is almost to that extent...well not literally, but psychologically, since as
i've read what happens is while you're watching television the higher brain regions known as the midbrain and
the neo-cortex are like totally shutdown, which means the higher regions stop functioning, and most activity shifts to
the lower brain regions which is the limbic system.
What's scary is that, the lower brain of course is not capable of distinguishing reality from fabricated images, so
they react to the television as if they were real, so what happens is it releases hormones and so on. So of course that
is why different people react in different ways, that's why you find some people crying when their favorite
character dies, why? it's because the lower region of your brain which i mentioned above, isn't capable of
distinguishing reality from what you are watchign on the screen, so your brain thinks oh no my "friend" (which
is actually your favorite character in the series) died, so the hormones which are released causes you to cry, ok why do
u think you cry?
Because, other than the upper region of the brain shutting down, the left brain is numbed, and the left brain normally
organizes, analyzes, and judges incoming data, and it leaves the right brain (which treats incoming data uncritically,
and it does not decode nor divides information into its component parts) to perform all the duties.
So, what happens is that your right brain starts processing the information emotionally rather than intelligent
responses, so there you go, you go that's why the person cried.
Quote by kokuyuWell, if TV
really totally isolate people, then it must have such "hypnotizing powers" to do that. O_O Often, I would
remind myself that "It's all in your mind......"
Still, not everyone have that kind of strong faith, because by human nature, people love to watch as it's a
relaxing pleasure. My father used to tell me "When you watch, your mind won't think". That's why to
children, watching TV doesn't really stimulate mind & IQ well. Thus, the slang 'Idiot Box'.
And because when the mind is relaxed, the brain isn't prepared for defense. Anything one watches will influence the
mind.
No offense, but to me (and perhaps everyone else) everything has its good and bad side; like a knife, you just need to
know how to use it. It can even be a deathly weapon.......or just a tool to slice fruits. Again, it's much depends
on how people decide on it. '
More like it's all your brain XD XD X-P
Well yes, you actually mentioned something so true, most people who watch TV think it's a relaxing pleasure to
watch TV, but it's totally wrong because, it is not relaxing for your brain, your freakin brain is partially numbed
and shut down so how relaxing does that sound when u know your brain is not functioning properly and releasing all these
weird hormones at the wrong times, plus other than that your brain thinks what you're watching is actually
happening in front of you literally, so how relaxing does that sound?
Yes, you are true, everything does have it's advantages and disadvantages, and of course we all know that too much
of something becomes a poison to us, but come to think about it, in this case the bad happens to outweigh the goods.
Spoiler (show)
For example, i will use
drugs since in a way it's all connected, there was actually a time when this person i knew, sort of a friend, was
actually a drug addict, and we had examinations at that time, after done with exam i was walking out and on my way out i
met her on the way and she seemed really out of it, i mean i was kinda shocked to see that expression on her face, so
she says that she didn't do so well in her exam since she had her head down on the table and in fact slept until
time was done, and when i asked why the hell she slept she said it was coz she consumed a drug and all she wanted to do
was sleep, and again she took out the pack right in front of me and took another one, i was shocked, so i asked why she
consumed drugs, I mean to my thinking, as I know, I'd never just simply throw away my life to consuming some
"oval-shaped plastic". So she answered me saying, "It's not about consuming it, it's about the
feeling you get after you consume it, the fact that I won't even remember what i just told you now after a while,
you just feel as if you're drifting off."
And honestly, to my thoughts i was just like thinking, it's more like the feeling of being lost rather than feeling
as if u'r drifting off, i mean even while speaking to her she just seemed so lost while talking.
Anyways, the point there was that, since you feel so good and "drifty" after consuming a drug, would a person
really take it? yes, everything has it's good and bad, so as she said the good there was the feeling of drifting
off, so how bout the bad...to me i think that everything about it was bad, so which means, the bad outweighed the good
there.
Similarly, watching television, the good is luxury, and pleasure, the bad is, your brain isn't even functioning
right, so again here the bad outweighs the good!
Different people said, oh yes, you do learn a lot from TV, language pronunciations and so on...
and i thought that's ridiculous, coz go read a book, u want pronunciations, go buy yourself some grammar tapes,
that's even much more useful if that was the excuse ne?
For language and all, i don't think that's a sensible excuse, since actually, it only cause disappearance of
moral and intellectual excellence from the society, i mean even in school, vulgar language is considered a sign of some
mutual feelings between friends, so we're friends, ok "F*** You"...that's just what actually
happened, loss of civilized speech.
To be honest, i find it more entertaining to watch people watching TV rather than watching TV, coz the reactions are
just hilarious, they seem so fake, the laughter is different, sadness is different, it's all so fake, as if a total
different human.(no offenses to all) XD XD X-P X-P
Quote by GanjamusTV is
actually kind of important... there are many stations with important information we need to know. i.e. the news. All the
other crap they put on there is only for entertainment purposes and there's absolutely no need to watch
those.
To be honest, i don't really find that to be an excuse, u r interested in the fastest ways to know the news around
the world then here, all you wanna know about:-
BBC News
love Discovery Channel, then here, all you wanna know about:-
Discovery
Anyways, i am not telling people "throw your TV out of the window" XD XD X-P i just want to share my views and
i wanna see how sensible other peoples' views are.
Quote by yuujinYes, TV does
isolate people. By isolation I mean that it isn't interactive. Interaction with others which is an important factor
in personal / character development is eliminated by the tv. You just sit there, starting at the thing, absorbing the
information it spews out, be it good or bad.
In addition, Children's brains which absorb a lot of information easily and quickly at age 0 to 6, are filled with
images of violence, sex, drugs and whatever is on tv. Without the proper guidance, children believe what they see to be
true and acceptable and hence copy what they see.
Yes, i agree interaction with others is considered important, but by watching TV with others, is that regarded as
interaction?
It is not considered interaction, because we r just there as "couch potatoes" with everyones else.
Plus it only increases obesity, and as for children watching TV, i really feel sorry for them, because it decreases the
child's creativity and imagination and decreases physical activity.
Other than that it decreases the ability to handle stress, higher levels of aggressive behavior, low self-esteem
<--this is just too common in society, if you watched the movie "American Beauty" then guess what a lot of
wives told their daughters "don't bring your friend to this house next time". Was ridiculous for me to
just know that happened, especially that actually almost half of the peoples' lives are affected by watching
television, teens turned into God knows what, teenage boys are now gangster-wannabes, and as for teenage girls, if
whoever watched the movie "Superstar" would know what their ambitions are. XD XD XD X-P X-P
Quote by MomaruNo man is an
island, and only a fool will think that doing one thing all the time, they will gain enlightenment. Watching television
too much is like doing any other things too much (like playing computer games, playing cards)to the point where the
person is addicted, and cannot carry on normal life by not doing the thing. It just so happens that television is a one
way interaction between the producer and the viewer. So, too much everything is bad, and in this case, television is the
worse of them.
No one does one thing all the time, we go to school, interact with people, go do some activities, surf the net, almost
half the people watch TV, so it's just not so correct to say any person would do one thing all time, so of course i
agree with you it is weird if a person does one thing all the time, because this just doesn't happen!
yes, television is the worst of all the ones you mentioned above, but in what way do you think it's interaction
between the producer and the viewer?
the producer doesn't even give a damn about us, he just wants his money, fame, and people to watch his
movie.
Quote by SevenSkiesIMHPOV,
this has the similar case in conjunction with people been glued to their computers and laptops. It is more of a mental
disorder should too much a time is spent over a certain abnormality object.
Nevertheless, even though I don't watch Television programs, it is important to once in a while lose yourself in
the programs offered and update yourself on the news happening around the world !
About the harmful effects, prolong use / viewing of television can result and will damage your eyesight as well as
certain functions of your brain. This is cause by the gamma radiation produced significantly by the Electronic equipment
itself and certainty does not lie on the fact that, too much of TVs really harms your health.It is not instantenous , it
is not really harmful if you watch TV for about 2-3 hours nor will it shorten your lifespan but it will eventually have
a negative effect on one's mentality like ;
Short tempers, Display of fear , Violent behavior.
In short, Anxiety Disorder.
Because it is a broad range of behavior in humans, the effects that brings about such cases varies.
-Skie
Well, i've also read if the internet was the same and as harmful as watching TV and to my relief it didn't
even cause what television did, other than pornography and racism, there wasn't any psychological harms or so,
phew! XD
this is the only link i found in my bookmarks, >.< i happened to delete all the important ones when i cleaned up
my bookmarks since i thought the info is already in my brain -_-
http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/does-the-internet-improve-social-relationships-and-psychological-well-being/
Yes, i do agree, there is always good and bad, and too much of something of course does become a poison, but i
don't think that it is that necessary to lose yourself in a program or so using news as an excuse, because u start
with news u end up watching a movie/series.
Well it did happen to me, if the TV is turned on and i just peek n see what was playin, and ahh~ if something
interesting was playing i end up sitting on the table and watching in my mind i'm thinkin *i'll just sit for a
very short moment* and the movie gets interesting, i move back to the couch and go ahead finishing what i started off,
when it's done, another movie happens to sound interesting, and there it's like some sorta cycle, where you
always end up sitting there for 2 hours or even 5!
and of course, you start with two or three, and of course as i mentioned above, hrrrmmm if i did not forget to mention
this line from what i read, your lower brain happens to constantly start convincing you to go and watch TV, everyday the
same thing happens, and of course the person does end up going and watching TV, because the person starts getting
controlled by his mind/brain, so it does become helpless in the end.
For children especially since they are not as mature as grown-ups, they may be more fearful of the world around them and
this is true, i knew a couple of children were afraid of going to school after watching the movie "Matilda"
and some were afraid of sleeping after watching movies like "Chucky" n all those, other than that, they are
more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways towards others, like excessive violence, yes one of my closest
friend's lil sister told her she was gonna kill her at night XD my friend was afraid of sleeping that night XD coz
her lil sis said she was gonna come and choke her, yeapz is scary, other than that, my baby bro years and years ago this
old movie titled "Time Machine" after he watched it he started saying stuff like "I will rip your head
off" and "I will bury you alive under the sand" >.< was really unpleasant to hear such violent
"chants".
If parents think that TV actually is a source of education for kids it isn't true, if they think "Barney"
is also useful for them, it isn't really true, because u might as well buy him/her a book and start teaching the
kid.
How far has it gone for people who got addicted to watching television, here:-
[spoiler] Indeed, even casual television viewers experience such opiate-withdrawal symptoms if they stop watching TV for
a prolonged period of time. An article from South Africa